American college football season
The 1998 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Cougars were led by 27th-year head coach LaVell Edwards and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah . The team competed as members of the Western Athletic Conference , winning a share of the Pacific Division title with a conference record of 7–1. The Cougars advanced to the 1998 WAC Championship Game over division co-champion San Diego State due to a head-to-head victory. After losing to Air Force in the conference championship game, BYU was invited to the 1998 Liberty Bowl , where they were defeated by the undefeated Tulane Green Wave . This was BYU's last season in the WAC before joining the Mountain West Conference in 1999 .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 5 at Alabama * ESPN L 31–38 83,818 September 12 No. 14 Arizona State * ESPN2 W 26–6 65,096 September 19 at No. 9 Washington * ABC L 10–20 71,297 September 26 Murray State *KSL W 43–9 October 3 at Fresno State L 21–31 38,326 October 10 UNLV KSL W 38–14 61,774 October 17 at Hawaii W 31–9 29,944 October 24 San Jose State ESPN W 46–43 62,423 October 29 San Diego State ESPN W 13–0 63,496 November 7 New Mexico KSL W 46–21 November 14 at UTEP W 31–14 19,307 November 21 at Utah ESPN2 W 26–24 45,634 December 5 vs. No. 17 Air Force * ABC L 13–20 32,745 December 31 vs. No. 10 Tulane * ESPN L 27–41 52,197 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster
1998 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
References
"1998 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results" . Sports-Reference.com . Retrieved August 5, 2018."Cougars get steam-rolled by speedy Crimson Tide" . The Salt Lake Tribune . September 6, 1998. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com ."Other Games" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. October 25, 1998. p. B9. Retrieved March 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
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